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7 weird and simple health tips that actually are worth changing your habits

List 7 weird and Simple health tips and lifestyle changes which will change the way you see them

  1.Ditch your mustache to beat sneezes :

Men who washed their mustaches twice a day had less antihistamines ,one study found

For anyone who is prone to allergy should get rid of their mustaches as pollen can be trapped inside which can aggravate hay fever. // <![CDATA[ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); // ]]> According to Dr Ron Hicks, GP and author of beat Your Allergies, says “like clothing, skin and hair, a mustache will trap pollen throughout the day. A man with hay-fever might consider shaving off his mustache to whether it makes a difference”

2.Dont Brush after eating meal : 

According to Howard R. Gamble the ex-president of the Academy of general dentistry , brushing your teeth after meal can do more bad the good especially if you had some thing acidic  for e.g citrus fruits.tomatoes,soda these foods soften tooth enamel ‘like we sandstone’ and speed up acids effect on your teeth enemal eroding the layer underneath,as suggested by Gamble waiting 30 – 60 minutes before brushing you teeth after a meal should be fine.

3.Always was your hands after handling cash

scientists conducted cleaning tests on ATM machines all around United Kingdom and found that these machines were contaminated with various bacteria including the bacteria that causes diarrhoea. These cleaning tests revealed the ATM machines are as dirty as public toilets and carry the same germs

A Medical microbiologist at Kingston University London , Dr Mark Fielder says “If people don’t wash their hands properly, all sorts of organisms will be transferred to the buttons on an ATM. Just as it’s important to wash your hands after using the toilet, it would be sensible to clean them after getting money out.”

4.Avoid energy drinks when you are tired :

Energy drinks contains up-to 5 times more caffeine than coffee, sugar more than 50 grams which more than 13 spoons of sugar  taurine , a nervous system stimulant. The sugar glucose in these energy drinks spikes your blood sugar temporarily but for some time only leaving you sluggish and floggyhead afterwords , the caffeine in the drinks gives you a quick boost but ends up with side effect afterwords like nervousness, energy-less , and rapid heart beat

5.Always close the Lid when flushing :

When you flush the toilet with its lid up polluted water particles float around your bathroom for few hours landing everywhere including your toothbrush and soap etc

Microbiologist Dr Charles Gerba, from the University of Arizona, says: “It doesn’t happen all the time, but E.coli and other faecal-based bacteria really can make you ill, so unless you want to brush your teeth with what was in the toilet, close the lid.”

6.Hot beverages are best to cool you off :

we always thought that an iced coffee would cool you down faster than hot alternative right? wrong , a recent study suggests that drinking hot tea in warm weather changes your body temperature and increase your sweat production, eventually the sweat evaporates and you cool off naturally.

7.Got migraine ? sniff an apple :

A recent study by the smell and taste treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago conducted a study of 50 people and found that odour of green apple helped reduce the severity of migraines.

‘Bacteria may jump between species more easily than thought’

London: Bacteria may be able to jump between species more easily than previously thought, according to a new study which can explain how infection passes between animals and humans.

Researchers at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh discovered that a single genetic mutation in a strain of bacteria infectious to humans enables it jump species to also become infectious to rabbits.

It is well…